{"id":"CVE-2024-45496","title":"A flaw was found in OpenShift","summary":"A flaw was found in OpenShift. This issue occurs due to the misuse of elevated privileges in the OpenShift Container Platform's build process. During the build initialization step, the git-clone container is run with a privileged securit…","severity":"critical","cvss":9.9,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L","cwe":["CWE-269"],"published":"2024-09-17","updated":"2026-08-11","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45496","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3718","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6122","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6685","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6687","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6689","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6691","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:6705","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45496","label":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2308661","label":"secalert@redhat.com"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.01016,"epssPercentile":0.61814,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-11T16:47:03.221Z","slug":"CVE-2024-45496","body":"## Overview\n\nA flaw was found in OpenShift. This issue occurs due to the misuse of elevated privileges in the OpenShift Container Platform's build process. During the build initialization step, the git-clone container is run with a privileged security context, allowing unrestricted access to the node. An attacker with developer-level access can provide a crafted .gitconfig file containing commands executed during the cloning process, leading to arbitrary command execution on the worker node. An attacker running code in a privileged container could escalate their permissions on the node running the container.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"midnight","depthScore":55,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":54.5,"likelihood":0.2,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}